I never stuck with it, but did enjoy playing basic decks against some friends a few years ago
Pokmon began life in the mid-1990s as a video game franchise in Japan and has since morphed into a global media franchise that includes TV shows, movies and trading card games
While common cards like Weedle or Rattata might only fetch a small premium, holographic cards like Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur represent high-end investment assets
(I also love that artwork too!) Oh, and this was true of the first Portal set as well as many strong cards from it were reprinted almost immediately, like Gravedigger, Thundermare, Alabaster Dragon, Raging Goblin, or Natural Spring as well as draft standards like Mind Rot, Volcanic Hammer, or Breath of Life which was a cheaper version of Resurrection in White, and then others that were reprinted here and there later, like the afore-mentioned Ebon Dragon, or Endless Cockroaches and Gift of Estates
The above picture is approximately to scale (may not be 100% exact) so should be a good example to judge